Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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Pandora’s box: the right-wing threat to Welsh devolution
Welsh Labour failures are increasingly viewed as failures of the whole devolved government – so what does this mean for the future of the Assembly? asks JOE WILLIAMS
Then Welsh secretary Ron Davies flanked by under-secretaries Peter Hain (left) and Win Griffiths after the devolution Yes vote win in 1997
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
HIDDEN in the shadow of the recent poll showing significant support for Scottish independence, another poll was released.
This one, focusing on Scotland’s Celtic cousin, Wales, provided a much more troubling view of self-government.
In Wales, often ignored unless politically convenient, a recent YouGov poll laid bare the radical dissatisfaction with Welsh devolved politics as they stand.
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